April 12, 2009

This Puff Robotic Fire Fighter is a nice mix of sensors and motors. The sticker job does a great job in making the robot look like something out of a toy box. The panic mode is cool, just like a human it has a fight or flight instinct!

"Puff is able to Put out Fires – He Scans his Head to find the Flames – he orientates towards the Flame – and Blows it out. If he fails to blow out the Fire within 2 sweeps then the "PANIC" mode switches in and he backs away to save himself from frying his "Chips". Puff is an Arduino based tracked autonomous Robotic Vehicle with "Cliff" and "Obstacle" detection.

[…] Puff scans the area to find flames then attempts to “blow” it out with his built-in fan. The problem is that Puff’s courage only goes so far. If he fails to blow out the candle in two sweeps he panics and runs away. Apparently, Puff had an incident with kids and some Chinese firecrackers a few years back and now he suffers from post-traumatic stress. Hit the following link for a basic visual guide that can help you build your own Puff arduino dragon. [Let’s Make Robots via Hacked Gadgets] […]

[…] Puff scans the area to find flames then attempts to “blow” it out with his built-in fan. The problem is that Puff’s courage only goes so far. If he fails to blow out the candle in two sweeps he panics and runs away. Apparently, Puff had an incident with kids and some Chinese firecrackers a few years back and now he suffers from post-traumatic stress. Hit the following link for a basic visual guide that can help you build your own Puff arduino dragon. [Let’s Make Robots via Hacked Gadgets] […]